Gynecologist and gynaecologist are both English terms.
Gynecologist is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while gynaecologist is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).
In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term | US | UK | India | Philippines | Canada | Australia | Liberia | Ireland | New Zealand | Jamaica | Trinidad & Tobago | Guyana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gynecologist | 97 | 59 | 67 | 95 | 90 | 61 | 0 | 58 | 62 | 75 | 80 | 100 |
gynaecologist | 3 | 41 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 42 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use gynecologist or gynaecologist with sample sentences.
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